In 2025, Baisakhi is being celebrated on Sunday, 13 April, and it's the perfect occasion to reach out to loved ones with warm wishes, beautiful quotes, and festive greetings. Whether you're ...

These are formal occasions and they require a ritualized greeting. So too at Mass, for we are coming into the Presence of God. The Mass is not an informal gathering of a group of people.

After the Sign of the Cross at the beginning of Mass, the priest may choose to greet the people with the simple and familiar greeting “The Lord be with you.” He uses this same greeting before ...